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| Former Klingon and NSA Director General Mike Hayden: Breitbart News ‘Illegitimate' |
| 2017-03-11 |
| [Breitbart] Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Agency (NSA) director Michael Hayden did his best in 2016 to elect Hillary Clinton. Worse, Hayden made the inflammatory and frightening claim on CNN at the time that Donald Trump was a "clear and present danger" to the country. Given his background, those words carried weight and contributed to the climate of fear and division that burdens our democracy today, including within the intelligence agencies. Hayden also signed a letter last August urging Americans to vote against Donald Trump. Anything Hayden says about politics today must therefore be interpreted in that context. He is hardly a disinterested observer, and clearly resents the fact that the American people ignored his unsolicited advice. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #16 Hayden has been having weird things coming out of his pie hole lately. Not weird at all. Hayden was a Clinton holdover. You think Bill Clinton picked people for their ability? One thing I've learned from Bush II's tenure is his remarkable ability to pick the least competent, least trustworthy people to hold important offices. Case in point - Maliki and Karzai. Bush himself was a lousy pol - if being a good pol means having the ability to influence public opinion. Instead of combating the media narrative about Katrina, he hid from it. He also did the "Mission Accomplished" thing way too early. Yes - it related to the aircraft carrier's mission, but he should have stayed away from it, given the fact that it fed into a larger narrative. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2017-03-11 22:21 |
| #15 Hayden is really saying the CIA is not actively influencing or employed at Breitbart. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2017-03-11 16:10 |
| #14 Hayden has been having weird things coming out of his pie hole lately. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-03-11 14:56 |
| #13 CIA/NSA/FBI doesn't need to tap Trump; just ask the Brits to do it. Commonwealth except New Zealand Yes, we really all should work together. I can recommend some discreet UK firms with contract 'past performance' in Benghazi.... if that helps. |
| Posted by: Phock and Company5007 2017-03-11 11:17 |
| #12 CIA/NSA/FBI doesn't need to tap Trump; just ask the Brits to do it. Commonwealth except New Zealand (the self righteous pricks). That is what 8 years of lawlessness gets you. |
| Posted by: Threck Mussolini1887 2017-03-11 09:57 |
| #11 Insist they return to their former mission of intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination with emphasis on WMD Counterproliferation. But Sir, all that stuff is hard. And like work and stuff. Can't we just stir up shit and run drugs and guns to finance the aforementioned pot-stirring? Also, please sign my expense report. (oh gawd, please don't let him bring up that Fall of the Soviet Union thing again) |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-03-11 09:35 |
| #10 Most of the intel services need to be completely disbanded and just start over with what we actually need. Dipshit Hayden is a typical fucktard from those departments. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-03-11 09:06 |
| #9 Hayden's comments provide a clear and unobstructed view of the attitudes and 'group think' of the beltway ruling oligarchy. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-03-11 08:36 |
| #8 As I recall, the CIA was supposed to be the central clearing house for all the disparate intelligence agencies of the DoD etc. Now that role is called Homeland security or DNI. I'd like to see a total reorg of the intelligence community to streamline the function and make sure responsibility goes with authority and Congress knows all the players and their roles. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-03-11 08:26 |
| #7 You are referring to the people who failed to predict the collapse of the Soviet Empire? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-03-11 08:22 |
| #6 How should Trump go about replacing the failed CIA? Posted by Bright Pebbles Early retirement or transfer to EPA of everyone in the leadership tiers of GG-15 or higher, (Chief of Station, Deputy Chief of Station and frequent deployer personnel excluded). Discontinue their offensive military capability to include private air force. Full congressional disclosure of budget. Insist they return to their former mission of intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination with emphasis on WMD Counterproliferation. Some improvement should be seen in six months, or in as little as three days. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-03-11 07:34 |
| #5 Just fire everybody & reestablish the OSS. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-03-11 07:14 |
| #4 How should Trump go about replacing the failed CIA? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-03-11 06:13 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-11 04:05 |
| #2 I talked to Breitbart, did you? |
| Posted by: newc 2017-03-11 02:03 |
| #1 Thank you for your most recent 'unsolicited advice' General Hayden, but if it's all the same to you, I'll make up my own mind regarding legitimate news. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-03-11 01:51 |